The first bishop of the Patriarchate of Antioch in Western Europe came in 1982. He was HG Gabriel (Saliby)<ref>[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/antioch/current/bios/bio_gabriel_saliby_metr_western_europe.htm Metropolitan Gabriel (Saliby) of Western Europe]</ref>, titular bishop of Palmyra and Vicar Bishop of the Patriarch. Under his leadership, the Vicariate grew in Austria, Britain, France, Germany and Switzerland. In its Autumn meeting of 2000, the Holy Synod of Antioch elevated the Vicariate to the status of Archdiocese and Sayedna Gabriel to Metropolitan.

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The first bishop of the Patriarchate of Antioch in Western Europe came in 1982. He was HG Gabriel (Saliby)<ref>[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/antioch/current/bios/bio_gabriel_saliby_metr_western_europe.htm Metropolitan Gabriel (Saliby) of Western Europe]</ref>, titular bishop of Palmyra and Vicar Bishop of the Patriarch. Under his leadership, the Vicariate grew in Austria, Britain, France, Germany and Switzerland. In its Autumn meeting of 2000, the Holy Synod of Antioch elevated the Vicariate to the status of Archdiocese and [[Sayedna]] Gabriel to Metropolitan.

==Organization==

==Organization==

*Deanery of the United Kingdom and Ireland

*Deanery of the United Kingdom and Ireland

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==The episcopacy ==

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==Bishops==

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Its first [[primate]] was His Eminence Gabriel (Saliby), [[Metropolitan]] of Western and Central Europe (from 1982, as a vicariate, to his death on [[October 21|21 October]] 2007).

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Reverse chronological order

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*His Eminence Metropolitan John (Yazigi), elected June 18, 2008, enthroned September 21, 2008

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*His Eminence Metropolitan Gabriel (Saliby), Autumn 2000 until his death on [[October 21|21 October]] 2007 ''(Served since 1982 as Vicar Bishop in Western and Central Europe before creation of Archdiocese)''

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History

The first bishop of the Patriarchate of Antioch in Western Europe came in 1982. He was HG Gabriel (Saliby)[1], titular bishop of Palmyra and Vicar Bishop of the Patriarch. Under his leadership, the Vicariate grew in Austria, Britain, France, Germany and Switzerland. In its Autumn meeting of 2000, the Holy Synod of Antioch elevated the Vicariate to the status of Archdiocese and Sayedna Gabriel to Metropolitan.

Organization

Deanery of the United Kingdom and Ireland

Bishops

Reverse chronological order

His Eminence Metropolitan John (Yazigi), elected June 18, 2008, enthroned September 21, 2008

His Eminence Metropolitan Gabriel (Saliby), Autumn 2000 until his death on 21 October 2007 (Served since 1982 as Vicar Bishop in Western and Central Europe before creation of Archdiocese)